pipa

See also: PIPA, Pipa, pípa, pípá, and pipă

English

Alternative forms

• p'i-p'a (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.

Noun

pipa (plural pipas)

1. A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.

Translations

Chinese lute

• Catalan: pipa (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 琵琶 (yue) (pei⁴ paa⁴; pei⁴ paa^4-2)

  Mandarin: 琵琶 (zh) (pípa)

• Finnish: pipa (fi)
• Japanese: 琵琶 (ja) (biwa, biba), ピーパー (pīpā)
• Kazakh: пипа (pipa)
• Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)
• Manchu: ᡶᡳᡶᠠᠨ (fifan)
• Polish: pipa (pl) f
• Russian: пи́па (ru) f (pípa)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tì bà

Anagrams

• IPPA, PAPI

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīpa (“pipe”), from Latin pīpō (“to pip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpi.pa]

Noun

pipa f (plural pipes)

1. pipe, tobacco pipe
2. pacifier

   Synonym: xumet

3. Ganoderma lucidum, a red-coloured mushroom
4. sunflower seed

Derived terms

• empipar
• fer la pipa
• pipa de gira-sol
• pipa de Surinam
• pipa llarga
• pipada
• pipeta

 

Further reading

• “pipa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pipa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pipa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

pipa

1. inflection of pipar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipɑ/, [ˈpipɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ipɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧pa

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá).

Noun

pipa

1. pipa (a type of Chinese lute)

Declension

Inflection of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pipa	pipat
genitive		pipan	pipojen
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pipa	pipat
accusative	nom.	pipa	pipat
	gen.	pipan
genitive		pipan	pipojen pipain rare
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
inessive		pipassa	pipoissa
elative		pipasta	pipoista
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
adessive		pipalla	pipoilla
ablative		pipalta	pipoilta
allative		pipalle	pipoille
essive		pipana	pipoina
translative		pipaksi	pipoiksi
abessive		pipatta	pipoitta
instructive		—	pipoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipani pipani accusative nom. pipani pipani gen. pipani genitive pipani pipojeni pipaini rare partitive pipaani pipojani inessive pipassani pipoissani elative pipastani pipoistani illative pipaani pipoihini adessive pipallani pipoillani ablative pipaltani pipoiltani allative pipalleni pipoilleni essive pipanani pipoinani translative pipakseni pipoikseni abessive pipattani pipoittani instructive — — comitative — pipoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipasi pipasi accusative nom. pipasi pipasi gen. pipasi genitive pipasi pipojesi pipaisi rare partitive pipaasi pipojasi inessive pipassasi pipoissasi elative pipastasi pipoistasi illative pipaasi pipoihisi adessive pipallasi pipoillasi ablative pipaltasi pipoiltasi allative pipallesi pipoillesi essive pipanasi pipoinasi translative pipaksesi pipoiksesi abessive pipattasi pipoittasi instructive — — comitative — pipoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipamme pipamme accusative nom. pipamme pipamme gen. pipamme genitive pipamme pipojemme pipaimme rare partitive pipaamme pipojamme inessive pipassamme pipoissamme elative pipastamme pipoistamme illative pipaamme pipoihimme adessive pipallamme pipoillamme ablative pipaltamme pipoiltamme allative pipallemme pipoillemme essive pipanamme pipoinamme translative pipaksemme pipoiksemme abessive pipattamme pipoittamme instructive — — comitative — pipoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipanne pipanne accusative nom. pipanne pipanne gen. pipanne genitive pipanne pipojenne pipainne rare partitive pipaanne pipojanne inessive pipassanne pipoissanne elative pipastanne pipoistanne illative pipaanne pipoihinne adessive pipallanne pipoillanne ablative pipaltanne pipoiltanne allative pipallenne pipoillenne essive pipananne pipoinanne translative pipaksenne pipoiksenne abessive pipattanne pipoittanne instructive — — comitative — pipoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pipansa pipansa accusative nom. pipansa pipansa gen. pipansa genitive pipansa pipojensa pipainsa rare partitive pipaansa pipojaan pipojansa inessive pipassaan pipassansa pipoissaan pipoissansa elative pipastaan pipastansa pipoistaan pipoistansa illative pipaansa pipoihinsa adessive pipallaan pipallansa pipoillaan pipoillansa ablative pipaltaan pipaltansa pipoiltaan pipoiltansa allative pipalleen pipallensa pipoilleen pipoillensa essive pipanaan pipanansa pipoinaan pipoinansa translative pipakseen pipaksensa pipoikseen pipoiksensa abessive pipattaan pipattansa pipoittaan pipoittansa instructive — — comitative — pipoineen pipoinensa

Etymology 2

Noun

pipa (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of pipo

Declension

Inflection of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pipa	pipat
genitive		pipan	pipojen
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pipa	pipat
accusative	nom.	pipa	pipat
	gen.	pipan
genitive		pipan	pipojen pipain rare
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
inessive		pipassa	pipoissa
elative		pipasta	pipoista
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
adessive		pipalla	pipoilla
ablative		pipalta	pipoilta
allative		pipalle	pipoille
essive		pipana	pipoina
translative		pipaksi	pipoiksi
abessive		pipatta	pipoitta
instructive		—	pipoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipani pipani accusative nom. pipani pipani gen. pipani genitive pipani pipojeni pipaini rare partitive pipaani pipojani inessive pipassani pipoissani elative pipastani pipoistani illative pipaani pipoihini adessive pipallani pipoillani ablative pipaltani pipoiltani allative pipalleni pipoilleni essive pipanani pipoinani translative pipakseni pipoikseni abessive pipattani pipoittani instructive — — comitative — pipoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipasi pipasi accusative nom. pipasi pipasi gen. pipasi genitive pipasi pipojesi pipaisi rare partitive pipaasi pipojasi inessive pipassasi pipoissasi elative pipastasi pipoistasi illative pipaasi pipoihisi adessive pipallasi pipoillasi ablative pipaltasi pipoiltasi allative pipallesi pipoillesi essive pipanasi pipoinasi translative pipaksesi pipoiksesi abessive pipattasi pipoittasi instructive — — comitative — pipoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipamme pipamme accusative nom. pipamme pipamme gen. pipamme genitive pipamme pipojemme pipaimme rare partitive pipaamme pipojamme inessive pipassamme pipoissamme elative pipastamme pipoistamme illative pipaamme pipoihimme adessive pipallamme pipoillamme ablative pipaltamme pipoiltamme allative pipallemme pipoillemme essive pipanamme pipoinamme translative pipaksemme pipoiksemme abessive pipattamme pipoittamme instructive — — comitative — pipoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipanne pipanne accusative nom. pipanne pipanne gen. pipanne genitive pipanne pipojenne pipainne rare partitive pipaanne pipojanne inessive pipassanne pipoissanne elative pipastanne pipoistanne illative pipaanne pipoihinne adessive pipallanne pipoillanne ablative pipaltanne pipoiltanne allative pipallenne pipoillenne essive pipananne pipoinanne translative pipaksenne pipoiksenne abessive pipattanne pipoittanne instructive — — comitative — pipoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pipansa pipansa accusative nom. pipansa pipansa gen. pipansa genitive pipansa pipojensa pipainsa rare partitive pipaansa pipojaan pipojansa inessive pipassaan pipassansa pipoissaan pipoissansa elative pipastaan pipastansa pipoistaan pipoistansa illative pipaansa pipoihinsa adessive pipallaan pipallansa pipoillaan pipoillansa ablative pipaltaan pipaltansa pipoiltaan pipoiltansa allative pipalleen pipallensa pipoilleen pipoillensa essive pipanaan pipanansa pipoinaan pipoinansa translative pipakseen pipaksensa pipoikseen pipoiksensa abessive pipattaan pipattansa pipoittaan pipoittansa instructive — — comitative — pipoineen pipoinensa

Anagrams

• appi

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pipa m (plural pipas)

1. pipa (instrument)

Further reading

• “pipa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“pipe”), from Latin pipo (“I pip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipɐ]

Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. pipe, butt
   • 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     Item aqui en casa tres pipas et dous tonees et tres barrys grandes

     Item, here at home, three pipes and two tuns and three large barrels

2. pipe, flute

   Synonym: pito

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:

     Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.

     And some played horns and others pipes, and of the ones that were by the walls of the town, some insulted and told many mean things to the ones outside

3. tobacco pipe

   Synonym: cachimba

Derived terms

• pipote

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pipa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pipa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pipa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pipa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pipa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pipa, from French pipe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipɒ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

pipa (plural pipák)

1. pipe (for smoking)
2. tick, checkmark (✓)

   Coordinate term: (×) iksz

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pipa	pipák
accusative	pipát	pipákat
dative	pipának	pipáknak
instrumental	pipával	pipákkal
causal-final	pipáért	pipákért
translative	pipává	pipákká
terminative	pipáig	pipákig
essive-formal	pipaként	pipákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pipában	pipákban
superessive	pipán	pipákon
adessive	pipánál	pipáknál
illative	pipába	pipákba
sublative	pipára	pipákra
allative	pipához	pipákhoz
elative	pipából	pipákból
delative	pipáról	pipákról
ablative	pipától	pipáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pipáé	pipáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pipáéi	pipákéi

Possessive forms of pipa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pipám	pipáim
2nd person sing.	pipád	pipáid
3rd person sing.	pipája	pipái
1st person plural	pipánk	pipáink
2nd person plural	pipátok	pipáitok
3rd person plural	pipájuk	pipáik

Derived terms

• vízipipa

Descendants

• → Romanian: pipă

Adjective

pipa (comparative pipább, superlative legpipább)

1. (colloquial, predicatively) angry, furious

   Nagyon pipa vagyok rád. ― I'm very angry with you.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pipa	pipák
accusative	pipát	pipákat
dative	pipának	pipáknak
instrumental	pipával	pipákkal
causal-final	pipáért	pipákért
translative	pipává	pipákká
terminative	pipáig	pipákig
essive-formal	pipaként	pipákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pipában	pipákban
superessive	pipán	pipákon
adessive	pipánál	pipáknál
illative	pipába	pipákba
sublative	pipára	pipákra
allative	pipához	pipákhoz
elative	pipából	pipákból
delative	pipáról	pipákról
ablative	pipától	pipáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pipáé	pipáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pipáéi	pipákéi

Further reading

• pipa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Malay pipa (“barrel, cask, chimney”), from Portuguese pipa (“cask”), from Old Galician-Portuguese pipa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipo (“I pip”).
• The sense “pipe” is a semantic loan from Dutch pijp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipa]
• Hyphenation: pi‧pa

Noun

pipa (first-person possessive pipaku, second-person possessive pipamu, third-person possessive pipanya)

1. pipe,
   1. a rigid tube that transports water, steam or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.

      Synonyms: pembuluh, buluh-buluh

   2. a hollow stem with a bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe.
2. chimney

   Synonym: cerobong

Alternative forms

• paip (“pipe”) (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

• berpipa
• pemipaan
• perpipaan

 

Further reading

• “pipa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pa/
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Hyphenation: pì‧pa

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).

Noun

pipa f (plural pipe)

1. pipe
2. (vulgar, slang) a wank

Descendants

• → Czech: pípa
• → German: Pipe
• → Greek: πίπα (pípa)
• → Hungarian: pipa
  • → Romanian: pipă
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: пипа

  Latin script: pipa

• → Slovak: pipa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pipa

1. inflection of pipare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• appi, papi

Maltese

Root
p-j-p
4 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pipa and/or Italian pipa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.pa/

Noun

pipa f (plural pipi)

1. pipe (smoking implement)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pipen

Noun

pipa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pipe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pipa f (definite singular pipa, indefinite plural piper or pipor, definite plural pipene or pipone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pipe
2. definite singular of pipe

Verb

pipa (present tense pip, past tense peip, supine pipe, past participle pipen, present participle pipande, imperative pip)

1. Alternative form of pipe

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: pi‧pa

Etymology 1

Probably from French pipe or Italian pipa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa.

Noun

pipa f (diminutive pipka)

1. pipette (small glass tube used for transferring liquid)

   Synonym: pipeta

2. (colloquial, vulgar) minge

   Synonym: cipa

3. (derogatory, vulgar) pussy, sissy (timid, unassertive or cowardly person)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá).

Noun

pipa f

1. pipa (Chinese lute)

Declension

Declension of pipa

	singular	plural
nominative	pipa	pipy
genitive	pipy	pip
dative	pipie	pipom
accusative	pipę	pipy
instrumental	pipą	pipami
locative	pipie	pipach
vocative	pipo	pipy

Further reading

• pipa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pipa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

pipas (1)

pipas (2)

Alternative forms

• pipo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pipa (“pipe”), from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip, to pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧pa

Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. pipe, a wooden barrel, cask, or vat, especially for wine
2. (historical, measure) pipe, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 400–550 liters depending on the part of Portugal
3. (measure) truckload, the volume of a tanker
4. (Brazil) kite, a flying toy on a string

   soltar pipa ― to fly a kite

Synonyms

• (cask): barril
• (kite): pandorga (Brazil), papagaio de papel (Portugal)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of liquid volume): almude (¹⁄₂₅ pipa), barril (¹⁄₈ or ¹⁄₆ pipa), tonel (2 pipas)

Derived terms

• caminhão-pipa

Descendants

• → Gujarati: પીપ (pīp)
• → Swahili: pipa

Romanian

Etymology

From pipă +‎ -a.

Verb

a pipa (third-person singular present pipează, past participle pipat) 1st conj.

1. to smoke a pipe

Conjugation

    conjugation of pipa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a pipa
gerund			pipând
past participle			pipat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pipez	pipezi	pipează	pipăm	pipați	pipează
	imperfect	pipam	pipai	pipa	pipam	pipați	pipau
	simple perfect	pipai	pipași	pipă	piparăm	piparăți	pipară
	pluperfect	pipasem	pipaseși	pipase	pipaserăm	pipaserăți	pipaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pipez	să pipezi	să pipeze	să pipăm	să pipați	să pipeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pipează			pipați
	negative		nu pipa			nu pipați

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîpa/
• Hyphenation: pi‧pa

Noun

pȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏па)

1. faucet, tap

   Synonyms: slàvina, špȋna, rubìnet

Declension

Declension of pipa

	singular	plural
nominative	pipa	pipe
genitive	pipe	pipa
dative	pipi	pipama
accusative	pipu	pipe
vocative	pipo	pipe
locative	pipi	pipama
instrumental	pipom	pipama

References

• “pipa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːpa/

Noun

pípa f

1. tap, faucet (device to dispense liquid)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	pípa
gen. sing.	pípe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pípa	pípi	pípe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pípe	píp	píp
dative (dajȃlnik)	pípi	pípama	pípam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pípo	pípi	pípe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pípi	pípah	pípah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pípo	pípama	pípami

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipa/ [ˈpi.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: pi‧pa

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).

Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. pipe (device used for smoking)

   Synonym: cachimba

2. barrel

   Synonyms: cuba, barril

3. (colloquial) gun; shooter

Noun

pipa m or f by sense (plural pipas)

1. (colloquial) roadie

Derived terms

• apiparse
• empipar
• limpiapipas
• pipa de agua
• pipeño
• pipote

 

Descendants

• → Basque: pipa

Adverb

pipa

1. (colloquial) very good

   Synonym: estupendamente

   Se lo está pasando pipa.

   He's having a blast.

Derived terms

• pasarlo pipa

 

Etymology 2

From pepita.

Noun

pipa m (plural pipas)

1. (colloquial) a genius, a smart person

Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. (Spain) sunflower seed

   Synonym: pepita

2. (Central America) green coconut

Derived terms

• no tener ni para pipas

 

Related terms

• pepa
• pepita

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pipa

1. inflection of pipar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pipa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pipa.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

pipa (ma class, plural mapipa)

1. barrel, cask

Swedish

en pipa (sense 1)

en mus som röker pipa [a mouse smoking a pipe] (sense 1)

Etymology

From Old Norse pípa.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pipa c

2. a pipe (e.g. smoking tool, organ pipe etc)

   röka pipa

   smoke a pipe

3. the barrel of a gun

   hälla krut i pipan

   pour gunpowder into the barrel

4. a small wind instrument; flute
5. the hollow tube of a bone
6. a type of Chinese lute; pipa
7. (slang) singing voice
8. (historical) a pipe (an old unit of fluid measure, in Sweden equal to 470 liters or 124 US gallons)

Declension

Declension of pipa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pipa	pipas
	definite	pipan	pipans
plural	indefinite	pipor	pipors
	definite	piporna	pipornas

Derived terms

• benpipa
• glasblåsarpipa (“glassblower pipe”)
• kritpipa (“smoking pipe made of clay”)
• orgelpipa (“organ pipe”)
• piprensare (“smoking pipe cleaner wire”)
• piptobak (“pipe tobacco”)
• säckpipa (“bagpipe”)
• tobakspipa

Descendants

• → Finnish: piippu
  • → Ingrian: piippu

Verb

pipa (present piper, preterite pep, supine pipit, imperative pip)

1. to yield a high sound or tone; squeak, peep, beep

   Möss, fågelungar och datorer piper

   Mice squeak, baby birds peep, and computers beep

Conjugation

Conjugation of pipa (class 1 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	pipa		—
Supine	pipit		—
Imperative	pip		—
Imper. plural1	pipen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	piper	pep	—	—
Ind. plural1	pipa	pepo	—	—
Subjunctive2	pipe	pepe	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	pipande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• pip
• pipare
• pipljud

References

• pipa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Venetan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“pipe”), from Latin pipo (“I pip”).

Noun

pipa f

1. pipe

Etymology 2

Compare Spanish pepita (“nugget”), Portuguese pevide (“flat seed”).

Noun

pipa f

1. acorn

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pipa f

1. circumflex (diacritic)
2. háček (diacritic)

References

• “pipa₁”, “pipa₂”, and “pipa₃” listed on page 216 of Lodovico Pizzati’s Venetian–English English–Venetian: When in Venice Do as the Venetians (2007, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪpa/

Verb

pipa

1. inflection of pipo:
   1. first-person singular future
   2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pipa	bipa	mhipa	phipa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.